“The aunt by that time had begun to talk of something else, and it was doubtful if Christine’s moralizing had been even accorded a hearing. It was her remark, however⁠—the aunt’s remark, I mean⁠—about travel enlarging the mind, that gave the youngest Brimley Bomefield her great idea for the showing-up of Roger.

“ ‘If aunt could only be taken somewhere to see him gambling and throwing away money,’ she said, ‘it would open her eyes to his character more effectually than anything we can say.’

“ ‘My dear Veronique,’ said her sisters, ‘we can’t go following him to race-meetings.’

“ ‘Certainly not to race-meetings,’ said Veronique, ‘but we might go to some place where one can look on at gambling without taking part in it.’

“ ‘Do you mean Monte Carlo?’ they asked her, beginning to jump rather at the idea.